Gary Burden

• Gary Burden is a senior finance and transformation executive with more than 40 years of experience advising boards, governments and executive teams across the GCC, Asia, the United Kingdom and Australasia.
• A Chartered Accountant, Gary has held CFO, Finance Director and senior advisory roles across healthcare, insurance, investment, financial services and government transformation. His work combines financial strategy with operating-model design, corporate governance, performance improvement and the practical implementation of complex change.
• Gary brings particular expertise in healthcare funding and insurance. He has advised government health systems in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain on funding reform, financial operating models, costing, reimbursement and the transition from traditional funding arrangements towards more accountable and value-focused models.
• Earlier in his career, Gary was Regional CFO of BUPA Arabia during the development of the business in Saudi Arabia, with responsibility spanning finance, commercial operations, pricing, medical-cost analysis, provider contracting and regulatory engagement. He subsequently held senior CFO roles with listed insurers in the UAE and Kuwait and served as Group CFO and Director for a Saudi/UAE family investment group with approximately USD 1 billion in assets under management.
• Gary has also worked with the Dubai Health Authority on the proposed carve-out of healthcare service-delivery operations, leading financial and operational due diligence and supporting the development of the future corporate model.
• Across these assignments, Gary has helped organisations strengthen financial performance, establish governance and control frameworks, restructure operations, develop investment and business cases, implement new financial systems and translate strategy into sustainable operating arrangements.

Areas of expertise

• Healthcare funding, reimbursement and insurance
• Financial strategy and operating-model design
• Clinical and patient-level costing
• Business cases, financial modelling and investment appraisal
• Corporate governance, risk and internal controls
• Transformation and organisational restructuring
• Board and executive financial advisory
• Due diligence, M&A and organisational carve-outs

Qualifications and executive education

• Bachelor of Commerce.
• Chartered Accountant.
• Executive education in alternative investments and entrepreneurship — Harvard Business School.